Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1887-01-12

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Encourage home talent and attend
the musical entertainment Saturday
evening.
Phil. Frech expects to move to st.
Louis in short time. He will offer
bargains during the next few days.
Julius Goldsmith has made arrange
ments to move to Winfield to engage in
the mercantile business aud he will pro-
coed TO close ont his entire stock at this
place. Read his big announcement in
this paper.
At the annual election of directors of
the First National bank, yesterday, the
old board of directors were elected and
Il. 4. Simmons added to the list. The
present officers were also reelected by
the directors.
F. Sullivan, a graduate of the Iowa
school of pharmacy and having first
class certificate from this state, is now
in o. p. Poole's drug store. This es-
tablishment is now making specially
of filling physicians prescriptions.
Crit. Fleming, brother of the Flem-
ing boys of this city, was voted a fine
gold-headed cane, at church fair, at
Waverly, H., last week. Whether it
was for being the best looking man or
the most popular, the report does not
say.
DIR. w. S. Woods, president Of the
Bank of Commerce, Kansas City, and
one of principal stock holders in the Cit
liens National bank, of this city, was
here this week. lie is well pleased with
this county and predicts bright future
for Medicine Lodge.
The county commissioners Will meet
Saturday, 18th, inst. when, the new
commissioner will take his position on
the board. Under the custom hereto
fore III vogue in this county, Mr.. Cook,
by reason of being the oldest member
of the board, will be elected president
of the board to hold the position for
one year.
The city council has been asked to
establish city scales and appoint a city
weigh-master. This action appears al
most necessity now, since there have
been so many complaints about short
weight, and we hope that the council
will take action at an early date and APP
point competent man. A ton of coal
is supposed to be 1000 pounds; and
any practice of attempting to palm off
l,SOO pounds on an unsuspecting public
will not be popular long.
Married in Chicago, December 3Oth,
1886, by J. G. Burroughs, ID. d., at the
residence of Mrs. i. +. BabcOck, aunt
of the bride, William c. Burton to
Nell NJ. Howe, daughter of o. &. Howe,
of Medicine Lodge. Mr.. Burton and
Miss Howe were fellow students at the
state university of Iowa; and have re-
sided in Southern Kansas for the last
two years. The bride is one of the
most popular and accomplished young
ladies of this city. The INDEX wishes
for them the fulfillment of their most
romantic dreams.
The board of county commissioners
last week ordered that the BARBER
COUNTY INDEX and Medicine Lodge
CreSset he designated as the official
newspapers of the county, they agree
ing to print all legal notices, statements
and reports required by law, IN one or
both of the papers, for one price of pub
LEGATION all notices, when so ordered
to be published in both papers, for one
price. Under this arrangement, which
has worked satisfactorily for two years,
the county gets its work at practically
half price.
As will be seen from their announce
ment in another column, b. X. Herring
ton has purchased the interest of Board
man +. Smith, in their stock of goods
in this city, and will conduct the bust
ness at the old stand, where he hopes
to see the many old friends of the firm
James A. Deal will have charge of the
store, with reliable and popular assist
ants. Mr.. Smith, the retiring partner,
will leave in a few days for Coldwater,
where he will engage in the banking
business, and where his many friends
in this city hope he will meet with sue
cess in his undertaking.
Eight car loads of live stock were
shipped from this city Monday morn
ing to the Kansas City market, all fat
tened with Barber county corn, and no
range cattle in the lot. OF this lot, J,
p. and J. w. Hall shipped So fat beeves
and car loads of hogs, while w. \.
Schiller shipped 2 car loads of cattle
and load of hogs. 1t is late thing
that the farmers of this county have
been doing any feeding; but the impress
sion is that in two years more, this will
be an extensive feeding county. The
grain can be prOfltably raised here and
during the spring, summer and fall
months, the best grazing i'll the west is
to be found here.
Prof. J. Z. Cook, of Oskaloosa,
Jefferson county, brother of Judge w.
w. Cook, of this city, has been employ
ed to conduct the normal institute for
Barber county this year. Prot. Cook
has magnificent lot of endorsements,
including Prof. Nihart, late of the Kan
sas agricultural college, Prof. John
Mcdonald, superintendent of Shawnee
county, and Prof. III. Falsom, superin-
tendent of Jefferson county. with all of
whom he has been connected in educa-
tional matters. Aside from these
recommendations Prof. Cook is known
to have been actively engaged in teach
ing and instructIng in Oskaloosa, where
he is now principal of the high school
at that place. 1t is not yet known posi-
lively when the institute will be held;
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